New industrial innovation policies like smart specialization aim at boosting economic growth
by diversification towards more complex and higher value economic activities. This paper …

This paper discusses two influential policy concepts at the European level that aim to
promote economic diversification of regions, that is the Constructing Regional Advantage …

The smart specialization concept evolved as a response to the challenges associated with
innovation policy design in the European context, and more recently it has become of …

This note studies the mechanisms through which regional economies diversify over time and
formulates suggestions on how policy can influence such process. In particular, two closely …

Smart specialisation is an innovative policy concept which emphasizes the principle of
prioritisation in a vertical logic (to favour some technologies, fields, population of firms) and …

The paper takes smart specialisation strategies as the point of departure and frame of
reference for the discussion of innovation policies and regional innovation systems. It aims …

This article involves a conceptual evaluation of a large-scale innovation policy experiment—
so-called smart specialization strategies (S3s)—that took place within the framework of the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to show that the approaches to smart specialisation
being adopted in different European Union (EU) regions are likely to be heavily shaped by …

Smart specialisation features prominently in the European regional policy context. This
paper discusses how the configuration of the regional institutional framework affects smart …

Purpose–This Special Issue of the European Journal of Innovation Management sheds new
light on the burning issue of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation …